L'organizzazione del lavoro, le condizioni di lavoro e l'intervento sindacale

Bubbico, Davide; Gräbener, Josua; Marcelino, Paula

doi:10.3280/sl2018-151001

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“…In the Italian context, for example, ERs are characterized by some remarkable differences across companies and regions. Industrial relations are often tense and adversarial in car manufacturing (Bubbico, 2020;Signoretti, 2019) while cooperation prevails in other manufacturing sectors, particularly in the case of smaller companies in Central and Northern Italy (Albertini and Leoni, 2009;Signoretti, 2016). Hence, as Bélanger and Edwards argue, we also must take account of the way in which the use of labour power is regulated at the point of production; that is, the requirement to look into the 'black box of production'.…”

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The role of socio-economic embeddedness in promoting cooperation in the workplace: Evidence from family-owned Italian firms

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Signoretti

2021

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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Workplace relations can be defined as cooperative when actors are satisfied that both their work organization and material concerns are met. However, cooperation is difficult to achieve and especially to maintain over time. A useful point of reference is the work of Bélanger and Edwards, who argue that technology, product markets and institutional regulations are necessary preconditions. Their model is derived mainly from studies of large, publicly-listed enterprises based in particular institutional (Anglo-American) contexts. In the present article the authors examine the case of family-owned, medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Northeast Italy. Bélanger and Edwards’ model provides some but limited theoretical purchase in explaining the high level of ongoing cooperation witnessed in the case firms. In addition, the firms’ concentrated, financially patient capital and family-ownership together with their local embeddedness increase their commitment to their community and facilitate collaboration and investments in it. The authors term these features firms’ socio-economic embeddedness.

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The role of socio-economic embeddedness in promoting cooperation in the workplace: Evidence from family-owned Italian firms

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2021

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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“…The district is composed of the hub company, ENI, which holds the rights to exploit the subsoil and a series of companies that, with different roles, physically implement all the activities necessary for oil extraction. Counting smaller companies in the supply and production chain, the district includes 2400 employees, increasing from about 400 in 1998 [57], as can be seen in Figures 9 and 10, representing the companies involved in direct supply and the district structure.…”

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The Management, Sharing and Transfer of Knowledge in the Oil Districts - The Case Study of An Italian District

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2019

Current Issues in Knowledge Management

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Knowledge management is one of the most innovative and effective tools available to companies to manage an economic and organizational ever-changing environment. The chapter is based on an empirical study starting from the classification of oil district and aims to understand how firms' position affect knowledge transfer process within the district. We support the idea that knowledge transfer is deeply affected by firms' contractual power as well as by their position within the district. The companies of the industrial districts have the advantage of exploiting and sharing knowledge with each other. The literature generally holds that knowledge transfer requires a sense of equality and fairness among the firms, to create conditions in which firms will share their own knowledge for joint competitive advantage. However, empirical evidence shows that the value chains are often characterized by hierarchical relations and asymmetry between the parties: this feature is particularly evident in the oil districts. For companies attempting to acquire new information, the typologies of their intercompany collaboration and their cultural relationships are crucial.

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The variable geometry of bargaining: implementing unions' strategies on remote work in Italy

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Iannuzzi³

2022

Studi Organizzativi

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The spreading of remote work in Italy following the Coronavirus pandemic has brought numerous challenges that have prompted trade unions to include this form of work as a matter of collective bargaining. The article aims to study unions' everyday bargaining practices, by investigating how the main union guide-lines on remote work have been implemented during the pandemic. Based on empirical data collected in Veneto and starting from the perspective of union officials and representatives, the article sheds light on unions' bargaining practices concerning access to remote work, remote workers' income, working time, and workloads. The analysis permits us to stress that union practitioners adapt the strategies of their union organisations to the specific sectors and workplaces in which they are embedded, according to the specific needs of the workforce they represent and to how they perceive their own bargaining power. We argue that the different variables - geographical level, sector, previous bargaining experience, unionists' ideological position, perception of their own bargaining power - intersect with each other, producing a variable geometry of bargaining practices with regard to remote work.

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L'organizzazione del lavoro, le condizioni di lavoro e l'intervento sindacale

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

The role of socio-economic embeddedness in promoting cooperation in the workplace: Evidence from family-owned Italian firms

The role of socio-economic embeddedness in promoting cooperation in the workplace: Evidence from family-owned Italian firms

The Management, Sharing and Transfer of Knowledge in the Oil Districts - The Case Study of An Italian District

The variable geometry of bargaining: implementing unions' strategies on remote work in Italy

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